British Airways announces new Skiathos route from London City, two million seats for summer

British Airways has announced two million seats from London City Airport for this summer, and also the launch of a new three-times-a-week service to the Greek Island of Skiathos.

The new Skiathos route will start on June 26 and operate during the peak summer weeks until September. Flights to Skiathos will depart at 7.10am, arriving at 12.30pm local time, with the return flight at 1.15pm arriving at London City at 2.55pm local time. Basic each way fares start from £79.00, and are available for booking at www.ba.com/londoncity.

This is the first time British Airways has operated to Skiathos, a popular tourist destination with its rich pine forests and over 60 beaches. Skiathos is the airlines’ third route from London City, alongside Mykonos and Santorini. In addition to the new service, flights to Mykonos will increase from four to five flights a week, the airline said.

Luke Hayhoe, British Airways’ general manager customer and commercial, London City, said: ‘This is the busiest year yet for British Airways with 1.9 million seats on sale from London City Airport. We are delighted to include Skiathos in our summer sunshine routes as well as increasing the number of flights to Mykonos. With a good mix of leisure and business destinations we are providing an excellent choice of network and schedule direct from the Docklands for our customers.’

British Airways has also recently announced the launch of a new weekly service between London City and Manchester starting from May, which will go on sale on February 21.

With the new routes, British Airways will operate 29 destinations from London City Airport this summer. During summer 2017, British Airways will operate services from London City to destinations including Amsterdam, Bergerac, Berlin, Billund, Bremen, Dublin, Dusseldorf, Edinburgh, Faro, Florence, Frankfurt, Glasgow, Granada, Geneva, Ibiza, Isle of Man, Mahon, Malaga, Manchester, Mykonos, New York, Nice, Palma, Quimper, Rotterdam, Santorini, Skiathos, Venice and Zurich. Flights from London City to Angers in France will stop due to air traffic control restrictions and flights to Hamburg are also being withdrawn for commercial reasons, the airline said.